Fly Past

(Rick Simeone) #1

Spotlight


64 The Fieseler


in action


70 In profile –


Desert Storch


72 Glacier rescue


76 Storch


restoration


82 In Miniature


17 Pages in detail


Fieseler


Storch


This month’s Spotlight examines one of the essential


but relatively unsung workhorses of World


War Two, the Fieseler Storch. The high-winged


monoplanes served Germany and other nations


well. These versatile machines were well suited to


operations from short or roughly prepared landing


strips, and ful lled a variety of roles. Many were attached


to squadrons as communications or utility aircraft, while


others were used to keep track of enemy armour and troop


movements. Thanks to their simplicity and reliability,


several remain airworthy to


this day.


Main picture
Fieseler Storch VP546, pictured
in 1951, was used as a glider tug
by the Empire Test Pilots School,
Farnborough. It was withdrawn due
to a lack of spares in 1955 and is now
preserved at the RAF Museum Cosford
as ‘GM+AK’. KEY

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